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Wall Street jumps on hopes of lockdown easing; JPMorgan kicks off earnings
Wall Street jumped on Tuesday as hopes that President Donald Trump could move to ease coronavirus-induced lockdowns overshadowed dismal quarterly earnings reports from JPMorgan and Wells Fargo.
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Renault quits its main China venture after weak sales
French automaker Renault SA is ditching its main passenger car business in China following poor sales at the loss-making venture with Dongfeng Motor Group .
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Barclays delays incentive payments to CEO, CFO due to coronavirus
Barclays is delaying the release of portions of Chief Executive Jes Staley and Chief Financial Officer Tushar Morzaria's bonuses in light of the new coronavirus pandemic, it said on Tuesday.
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Amazon fires two employees critical of warehouse working conditions
Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it terminated two employees, who criticized the working conditions at the e-commerce giant's warehouses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, for "repeatedly violating internal policies".
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Norwegian Air shares plummet as survival hinges on creditors
Norwegian Air shares plummeted again on Tuesday, and are now trading down around 97% from their 2015 peak, with the airline's survival depending on creditors accepting a rescue plan proposed last week.
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U.S. awards airports $10 billion in grants amid travel falloff
The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday awarded nearly $10 billion to U.S. airports struggling with a massive falloff in travel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Exclusive: Saudi Aramco in talks with banks to borrow about $10 billion - sources
Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil producer, is in early talks with banks for a loan of about $10 billion to help finance its acquisition of a 70% stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), according to three banking sources.
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J&J sees recovery in coronavirus-hit medical devices unit at end of year
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it expects its medical device business to begin recovering in the fourth quarter as elective medical procedures delayed by the coronavirus pandemic start to resume.
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Global stocks gain on China trade data, easing pandemic worries
Equity markets rallied globally and the dollar weakened on Tuesday as better-than-expected Chinese trade data suggested the threat of a much deeper downtown from the coronavirus had been overstated, removing the safe-haven allure of the greenback.
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Oil slides 5% as producer cuts fail to banish demand fears
Oil prices plunged around 5% on Tuesday as investors doubted that record OPEC+ supply cuts would soon balance markets as demand plunges due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pelosi calls on Fed to help universities
The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives called on the Federal Reserve on Tuesday to allow nonprofit groups including colleges and universities access to a lending facility intended to help businesses cope with the coronavirus outbreak.
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Boeing 737 MAX cancellations mount amid production halt
Boeing Co on Tuesday reported another 75 cancellations for its 737 MAX jetliner in March, as the coronavirus crisis worsens disruptions from the grounding of its best-selling jet.
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J.C. Penney to hire advisors as it mulls debt management options: Bloomberg News
J.C. Penney Co Inc has approached consulting firm AlixPartners LLP as the U.S. retailer looks at options for managing its debt, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
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Rolex joins leading watchmakers withdrawing from Baselworld fair
Rolex, Patek Philippe and Chanel will not exhibit at MCH Group's Baselworld watch and jewellery trade show in 2021, they said on Tuesday, another blow to the flagging event that has already seen high-profile exits including Swatch Group .
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Qatar Airways signs $850 million financing deal with Standard Chartered
Qatar Airways and Standard Chartered have signed an $850 million financing deal for seven Boeing 787-9 aircraft, a statement from the Qatari airline said on Tuesday.
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Wall Street jumps 2% on hopes of lockdown easing; JPMorgan kicks off earnings
Wall Street rose more than 2% on Tuesday on signs some economies would ease strict coronavirus-induced lockdowns, with investors also looking at quarterly earnings from JPMorgan and Johnson & Johnson for clues on the business hit from the outbreak.
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U.S. import prices post biggest decline in over five years; more to come
U.S. import prices dropped by the most in more than five years in March amid declines in the costs of petroleum products and a range of other goods, pointing to import deflation that could deepen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus 'Great Lockdown' will shrink global economy by 3% in 2020: IMF
The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 in a stunning coronavirus-driven collapse of activity that will mark the steepest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
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G7 backs debt moratorium for poor countries if G20 creditors, Paris Club join
Group of Seven (G7) finance officials on Tuesday vowed to continue to act as needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic and stabilize the global economy, and threw their support behind a push to provide temporary debt relief to the poorest countries.
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Oil producers pin hopes for massive cuts on unprecedented stocks purchases
An unprecedented deal by oil producers to curb supply to match demand hollowed out by the coronavirus pandemic is set to depend partly on purchases by consumer countries for their strategic stocks on a scale not before seen.
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